<div dir="ltr">Taxpayers in the United States spend $139 billion a year on scientific research, yet much of this research is inaccessible not only to the public, but also to other scientists.(a) <b><font color="#ff0000">This is the consequence of an exploitative scientific journal system that rewards academic publishers while punishing taxpayers, scientists, and universities</font></b>. Fortunately, cheap open-access alternatives are not only possible, but already beginning to take root, suggesting a way forward to a more open and equitable system for sharing research.<div>
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